1. Biobehavioral Assessments in BACPAC: Recommendations, Rationale, and Methods
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Greco, Carol M, Wasan, Ajay D, Schneider, Michael J, Mehling, Wolf, Williams, David A, Darwin, Jessa, and Harte, Steven E
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Allied Health and Rehabilitation Science ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Health Sciences ,Neurosciences ,Clinical Research ,Pain Research ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Mind and Body ,Chronic Pain ,Mental Health ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,United States ,Humans ,Research Design ,Low Back Pain ,Advisory Committees ,Pain Measurement ,National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ,Behavioral Assessments ,Psychosocial Assessments ,Patient-Reported Outcomes ,Quantitative Sensory Testing ,Chronic Low Back Pain ,Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences ,Public Health and Health Services ,Anesthesiology ,Clinical sciences ,Health services and systems ,Clinical and health psychology - Abstract
The Biobehavioral Working Group of BACPAC was charged to evaluate a range of psychosocial, psychophysical, and behavioral domains relevant to chronic low back pain, and recommend specific assessment tools and procedures to harmonize biobehavioral data collection across the consortium. Primary references and sources for measure selection were the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials, the Minimum Data Set from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Task Force on Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain, the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System, and NeuroQOL. The questionnaire's recommendations supplemented the NIH HEAL Common Data Elements and BACPAC Minimum Data Set. Five domains were identified for inclusion: Pain Characteristics and Qualities; Pain-Related Psychosocial/Behavioral Factors; General Psychosocial Factors; Lifestyle Choices; and Social Determinants of Health/Social Factors. The Working Group identified best practices for required and optional Quantitative Sensory Testing of psychophysical pain processing for use in BACPAC projects.
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- 2023